Should we have an A&E unit in Shrewsbury or Telford or in both towns? Vote now…
andybodders If there must be just one A&E for Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire and mid-Wales, where should it be located? At the Princes Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford or the Royal…
NHS money overdue and welcome but should not be used as an excuse to reduce rural services
Shropshire has been awarded more than £300 million in capital funding by the Department of Health to modernise its services. Tracey Huffer, Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow East and a Ludlow…
Our health system is not healthy – nationally and locally
This article first appeared in the Ludlow Advertiser. Many people have received first class treatment from the NHS, including myself after a recent stroke. Regrettably, that is not everyone’s experience.…
At last Future Fit publishes plans for the future of Shropshire’s main hospitals
The controversy has only just begun. Yesterday morning, the Future Fit board firmed up its recommendations on how to split services between the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princes Royal…
Neighbourhood health and wellbeing workshop: Ludlow 9 December 2016
Local and county health services are changing. Most readers of this blog will know of Future Fit, the programme to transform health services across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. In…